Outscored 20-2, Diamondbacks Fan? You Need To See What Corbin Carroll Did Right After

Bro, you gotta hear about this D-backs game today. Seriously, after getting absolutely CLOBBERED the first two games, looking totally lifeless, they finally showed up for one! They were outscored twenty to two in the first two, eight hits TOTAL, and had lost seven of nine coming into Sunday. Talk about a slump! But today, in Phoenix, they pulled off a 5-1 win against the Nationals, saving themselves from a brutal sweep. Michael Soroka was dealing, and the bats actually did some damage. Finally, some fight!

The Bats Woke Up and It Was About Time

Can you believe it? The D-backs actually scored runs! It kicked off right in the first inning when Corbin Carroll blasted a solo homer, a 417-foot shot into the pool area, off Cade Cavalli. That gave them their first lead of the whole darn series, 1-0. The Nationals tied it up in the second with a CJ Abrams 367-foot solo bomb, but then the D-backs just kept coming. In the fifth, after Tommy Troy walked, Gabriel Moreno stepped up and CRUSHED a two-out, two-run homer, 368 feet into their bullpen. BOOM! That put them up 4-1. Moreno wasn't done, either, snagging two hits on the day, with Geraldo Perdomo also adding two hits.

Pavin Smith then sealed the deal with a sacrifice fly in the seventh to make it 5-1. These bats looked like they were allergic to contact for two days, and then suddenly, they remembered how to hit a baseball! Cavalli, who hadn't given up more than three earned in his last nine starts, got tagged for four runs and seven hits in five innings. Rough day at the office for him.

Soroka Shut Down the League's Best Offense

But the real story? Michael Soroka on the mound. This dude was ON FIRE. He went seven innings, gave up just one run, that Abrams homer, and only three hits. Six strikeouts, two walks, and he completely shut down what was, get this, the highest-scoring offense in the majors coming into the game with 351 runs! That's insane! This was Soroka's fifth quality start in his last seven outings, and the first time he'd given up one run or less in seven innings since way back in 2019 when he was with Atlanta. He was just carving up the Nationals lineup.

They barely threatened, even with runners on first and second with one out in the third, Soroka got out of it like a pro with a popup and a strikeout. He even retired ten straight batters at one point before Curtis Mead doubled in the sixth! Keibert Ruiz had their only other hit, another double in the seventh. Talk about locking it down. We need that kind of consistent pitching in the Emerald City, man.

What's Next for the D-backs?

So, the D-backs finally got a win, avoided the sweep, and maybe, just maybe, found a spark. It's only one game, but sometimes that's all it takes to turn a corner after a brutal stretch. For us Seattle fans, it's a reminder of how quickly momentum can shift in this wild MLB season. Let's hope our guys can find that same fire when they need it most. What's next for the D-backs? They've gotta keep this energy going. You gotta bring that same intensity every single day, especially after getting bruised like that. Can they build on it? That's the question for Monday night!

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